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Tax Withholding Question

Posted on 12/4/13 at 9:31 pm
Posted by jerseyfla
Hudson, FL
Member since Mar 2012
543 posts
Posted on 12/4/13 at 9:31 pm
So I had a guy look at my paystub during a budget seminar with someone that I supervise in the Air Force and I never realized that in the 9 years that I've been married that I never changed my tax withholding status from Single rate to Married rate. My wife is a Stay at Home mom and we have 3 kids with a 4th (and final!) on the way and we always file our taxes joint and we get a ridiculous refund like almost $10k and the guy told me that I should at least file exemptions on the 3 boys because I get the yearly tax credits for them and that I'm giving the government an "interest-free loan" by not having exemptions. My monthly fed withholding is $488.

So my question is, would changing my withhold status from Single to Married pocket more money monthly? Could having exemptions on each of my boys monthly equal to the annual tax credit(Like $250 a month) be a good thing? Should I do one or the other? I understand that the yearly refund would shrink but we are good at putting money in our savings monthly and I will be in the market for a new car after we pay bills off at tax time I just don't want to change things and then have to owe the IRS the next year.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126861 posts
Posted on 12/4/13 at 9:45 pm to
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My monthly fed withholding is $488.

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we get a ridiculous refund like almost $10k

You pay in less than $6,000/year and you get a refund of $10,000?

How does that work?
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75097 posts
Posted on 12/4/13 at 9:50 pm to
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we get a ridiculous refund like almost $10k



Huh?
Posted by jerseyfla
Hudson, FL
Member since Mar 2012
543 posts
Posted on 12/4/13 at 9:52 pm to
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You pay in less than $6,000/year and you get a refund of $10,000?



The kids get me $3k. I live in base housing so I don't own a house, I don't have dividends, and Florida doesn't have a state income tax. I don't know, I just go on TaxSlayer and let them do the work.
This post was edited on 12/4/13 at 10:10 pm
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126861 posts
Posted on 12/4/13 at 9:59 pm to
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The kids get me $3k.

May I borrow your kids?
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
Throbbing Member
Member since Dec 2012
69884 posts
Posted on 12/5/13 at 5:48 am to
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May I borrow your kids?


Yeah, no shite


Why don't I get a tax credit for NOT reproducing? Our tax system is so unfair.
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